Lahore, The talented youth of the Government College University Lahore Tuesday passed a resolution after a heated debate that Pakistan ought to break the begging bowl and embark on the journey of self-reliance culminating in economic sovereignty. It transpired at the historic seminar where Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif presided over the debate on “Economic Sovereignity and Self-reliance” and candidly responded to a volley of fire-brand question put to him by the young Ravians. A large number of members of the Punjab cabinet and Punjab Assembly were also present on the occasion.
The GCU students argued about the dire need and viability of self-reliance in connection with Pakistan’s current economic landscape at the backdrop of national security situation and multi-faceted challenges.
Opening the debate, MS Zeenia Mansoor, a student BSc (Honors) in Biotechnology, drew the audience’s attention to the vast economic potential of Pakistan in minerals, agriculture, livestock, dairy and above all human resource.
Looking at the negative side of the motion, Mr. Kamran Hussain Hashmi, a student of intermediate, opined that sovereignty – economic and political – could only be safeguarded through across the board accountability so that foreign loans could be rightly utilized for national uplift and paid back within the stipulated time. The center point of his debate was that a knife is not harmful per say. Rather, it was the peculiar use that labeled it as good or bad.